The International Centre for Local Democracy will carry out a Training Programme on Decentralization and Good Governance with a Gender Perspective.
The aim of the Programme is to contribute to the ongoing reform process in these countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos and Vietnam.
All planned activities will be carried out during a period of 12-18 months and the programme consists of the following phases:
1) Upon admission, the participants will receive instructions for the initial work needed prior to the second phase. This includes a discussion of the change projects and the assignment of a mentor. This first phase will result in an agreement of understanding between the ICLD and the participants to clarify the expected outcomes and how the results will be handled within the organization.
2) The second phase will take place in Sweden and consists of four weeks of training covering all the modules described in the contents section above. The training will be combined with study visits to Swedish municipalities.
3) The third phase is an intermediate phase, during which the participants will continue to work on their projects while receiving support from mentors assigned to them by the ICLD.
4) The fourth phase is a regional seminar that will last about one week and which will be held in one of the participating countries. The seminar will be held about six months after the training in Sweden and its purpose is to evaluate the progress of the change projects. Additional training and study visits to relevant institutions in the visited country will also be included.
5) In the fifth and final phase, the mentors will provide coaching regarding the participants’ change projects. The participants will finalize their projects with support from their mentors.
